Will i be able to update? - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Hi
Running a stock rom on my prime except that it's rooted and unlocked. Will I be able to update when 4.1 arrives or must i wait for a custom?

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rommel76 said:
Hi
Running a stock rom on my prime except that it's rooted and unlocked. Will I be able to update when 4.1 arrives or must i wait for a custom?
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must wait for custom if unlocked.

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Once you unlock, you will no longer receive OTA updates. And you won't have to "wait" for a custom ROM. Rather, AOSP ROMs often preceded Asus releases by months. For example, there have been several Jelly Bean ROMs in the developer forum since early July. Who knows how long the wait will be for jelly bean from Asus for the tf201?

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You won't receive an OTA update, but you should be able to manually update through asus's support site http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=20&s=16&m=Eee+Pad+Transformer+Prime+TF201&os=32 under firmware once Asus posts it. You can download the firmware zip and extract it to the root of an external microSD, the stock .28 software should detect it and ask you if you want to install it. Note this will likely remove your root. There are some apk tools that claim to be able to keep root through update, but I'm not sure it always works. Look to see that your method is confirmed working before attempting, because otherwise you may be stuck waiting for another root tool in order to restore root access.

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AnnonymousFalcon said:
You won't receive an OTA update, but you should be able to manually update through asus's support site http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=20&s=16&m=Eee+Pad+Transformer+Prime+TF201&os=32 under firmware once Asus posts it. You can download the firmware zip and extract it to the root of an external microSD, the stock .28 software should detect it and ask you if you want to install it. Note this will likely remove your root. There are some apk tools that claim to be able to keep root through update, but I'm not sure it always works. Look to see that your method is confirmed working before attempting, because otherwise you may be stuck waiting for another root tool in order to restore root access.
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If you do that with an Unlocked Bootloader you will end up with a bricked Prime.
Your best bet is to just wait for a JB Stock based rom from the Dev Forums once they are available.

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Zephyrot said:
If you do that with an Unlocked Bootloader you will end up with a bricked Prime.
Your best bet is to just wait for a JB Stock based rom from the Dev Forums once they are available.
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Not to challenge your knowledge, but this is how I went from .21 to .28, and had no issues... is this abnormal or is there some implementation in .28 that would cause a brick?

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AnnonymousFalcon said:
Not to challenge your knowledge, but this is how I went from .21 to .28, and had no issues... is this abnormal or is there some implementation in .28 that would cause a brick?
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Not my knowledge, you might be confusing Unlocking with Rooting, which are 2 different things.
Taken from the dev forums:
Option 3
Do not, I repeat, do not try to flash a stock ASUS ROM/blob file.
Doing this you will most likely hard brick your Prime.
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If you went from .21 to .28 you are likely only rooted.
You should never, ever try to install a stock Asus firmware on a unlocked (UNLOCKED, NOT ROOTED) Prime.
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Running a stock rom on my prime except that it's rooted and unlocked.
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Its possible to run one of the Stock based roms with an Unlocked Prime, but you are not going to receive OTA Updates nor be able to flash Asus Stock files.